CATALOGUE OF FISHES. 358 



This little fish has heen found in the Frith of Forth by Dr. 

 Parnell, and according to Mr. T. Meynell it is often taken at 

 Burlington Quay by persons when fishing with a worm. It is 

 a species, therefore, very likely to be found on our coast if 

 sought for in suitable places, such as the mouths of the Tees 

 and Tyne, Druridge Bay, Holy Island, and the mouth of the 

 Tweed. R. ? 



Fam. MUGILum Grey Mullets. 



Mugil capito, Cuv. Grey Mullet.* 



Mugil capito, Cuv. Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 1, p. 234. 



„ ,, ,, Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 3, p. 6, pi. 122. 



In the Tyne. — /. Hancock. Yorkshire coast. — T. Meynell. S. 



Mugil chelo, Jenyns. Lesser Grey Mullet. 



Mugil chelo, Yarr., Brit. Fish., Yol. 1, p. 241. 



Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 3, p. 15, pi. 123. 

 ,, septentrionalis, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. 



Of frequent occurrence in Berwick Bay in autumn. — Dr. G. 

 Johnston. Yorkshire coast. — T. Meynell. S. 



Dio. GASTROSTEIFORMES. 



Fam. GASTEROSTEID^. Sticklebacks. 

 Gasterosteus aculeatus,Linn. Three-spiked Stickleback. * 



Gasterosteus aculeatm, Donovan, PI. 11. 



,, ,, Couch, Br. F., Yol. 1, p. 167, pi. 37, f.l. 



In ponds and lakes, and also in brackish waterpools on the 

 sea coast at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and elsewhere. Often caught 

 with the herring-sprats in nets at the mouth of the Tees in the 

 spring months. Authors have made numerous species out of 

 G. aculeatus, spinis dorsabilis trilus, Linnseus, but the general 

 opinion at the present time seems to be that they all belong to 

 one common species. R. 



YVe have not heard of the variety with four dorsal spines, 

 G. spinulosus, Auct., having been found in our district. 



A very interesting account is given of the nidification of this 

 fish by the late Mr. Albany Hancock in the Transactions of the 

 Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, Yol. II., p. 311. 



